Sunday, November 27, 2011

Emma and Mina, Civil War/Primitive dolls

I designed Emma to look as though she appears to have survived the prairie life.  She is 16" and is made with tea-stained muslin and stuffed with Sheltland wool.  She is then painted and sealed.  She has a soft feel to her, not a rough painted one.  Finally, her outfit finishes her.  She is good with secrets and long walks through the creek.  


Full view of Emma


Mina  is a quiet-natured doll yet nothing passes her observation.  She now lives with Lola from Stitchin" by the River.  Lola has a fantastic line of Civil War quilts, memorializing lives of the slaves.

Full view of Mina